There are different opinions on Beehaw’s registration process. I kind of see how some people would find it dissuasive, specially after most of us are coming from Reddit. But I still think it’s very practical, at least for the time being.
Btw, this is only my opinion as a new user, I don’t know any of the admins/mods. Link to my original comment.
I managed to submit mine, but then I tried to log in later and got the spinning wheel. I thought that was some sort of time-out, so I tried a few more times, then gave up. It wasn’t until later I was on a different server and people were talking about that spinning wheel and realized it prpbably just meant they hadnt gotten to approving me yet. I waited a few days and was let in.
I didn’t put my email address in, though, because it was “optional”, and then afterwards realized that was dumb, because they have no way of telling me I was approved. Oh well.
I don’t see the problem with having a requirement that someone who wants to join a discussion forum actually be able to write a few coherent sentences first.